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Countdown to Kickoff: An Evening with Coach Barry Odom, presented by Columbia Safety & Supply, is held in partnership with the University of Missouri Football Program. The evening includes hors d'oeuvres and beverages, live and silent auctions, and remarks from Coach Odom on the Tigers' upcoming season. General admission for the event begins at 5:30pm.

Big Supporter tickets are also available. These tickets include reserved seating throughout the event and an invitation from Chancellor Alexander Cartwright to attend the Big Supporter Reception prior to the main event. The reception will begin at 4:30pm in the Chancellor's Suite at Memorial Stadium. 

Please visit the Tickets & Sponsorships Tab to purchase tickets to Countdown to Kickoff.

If you have any questions, please contact Monique Jones at Monique@bigsofcentralmo.org or (573) 874-3677 x 211.

 
Countdown to Kickoff: An Evening with Coach Barry Odom
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Columns Club - Memorial Stadium

4:30pm, Big Supporter Reception
5:30pm, General Admission

Countdown to Kickoff, presented by Columbia Safety & Supply, benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri.

By supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri, you are helping children facing adverse experiences gain the skills and support systems necessary to become healthy, successful adults.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri serves children of single parent families, children with an incarcerated parent, children of active and fallen military, children in long-term foster care, and those who are referred to us by school or other agency personnel. We serve almost 500 children each year in our community, school, and site based mentoring programs.

We partner with parents/guardians, volunteers, and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving:

  • Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships
  • Avoidance of risky behaviors
  • Educational success

Locally and nationally, we know that the Big Brothers Big Sisters method of mentoring works in the short and long term:

Short Term- Looking at the impact Big Brothers Big Sisters has in our local community:

  • In the past six years, none of our Littles have been referred to juvenile authorities for crimes, resulting in a minimum savings to our community of $536,000.
  • Among our Littles over the past six years, there has been a 0% school dropout rate compared to Boone County's rate of 2%, Audrain County's rate of 2.5%, and Randolph County's rate of 2.4%.
  • According to BBBSCMO surveys, 100% of Littles are "mostly sure" or "very sure" that they will finish high school compared to 91% who said that when they started the program. 
  • 91% of Littles are "mostly sure" or "very sure" they will go to college.
  • 95% of Littles selected "sort of true" or "very true" to the statement, “I do very well at my classwork."

Long Term - Harris Interactive surveyed adults who had a Big Brother or Big Sisters as a youth and compared them to adults from similar demographics that didn't have a mentor and found that Little Alumni were:

  • More likely to have a college degree
  • More likely to make more money
  • More likely to be involved as a volunteer in their community.